Table 2 Activities asked for and activities reported by participants (n = 41)
From: What do IPAQ questions mean to older adults? Lessons from cognitive interviews
Vigorous activity | Moderate activity | Walking | Sitting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Description of activities that IPAQ* asks for | like heavy lifting, digging, aerobics, or fast bicycling | like carrying light loads, bicycling at a regular pace, or doubles tennis. No walking. | at work and at home, walking to travel from place to place, and any other walking solely for recreation, sport, exercise, or leisure | on a week day, including time spent at work, at home, while doing course work and during leisure time (e.g., time spent sitting at a desk, visiting friends, reading, or sitting or lying down to watch television) |
Activities reported by participants | ||||
Transport-related activities | - Walk to or around shops | - Shop | - Walk to or around shops from home or from parked car | - In car - On plane |
- Walk to gym | - Walk to gym | |||
- Walk to public transport | ||||
- Walk to other places (visit friends, to appointments, to voluntary job) | ||||
- Cycle to town | ||||
Yard work | - Mow lawn | |||
- Feed horse | - Feed horse | - Feed horse | ||
- Dig | ||||
- Trim/cut | - Cut | |||
- Prune | - Prune | |||
- Garden | - Garden | - Walk in garden | ||
- Sweep outside | ||||
- Wash car | ||||
- Carrying buckets of water | ||||
Housework | - Vacuum | - Vacuum | ||
- Wash floors | - Wash floors | |||
- Cleaning | - Cleaning | |||
- Carry groceries to/from car | ||||
- Carry & hang loads of laundry | ||||
- Cook | ||||
- Sweep/mop | ||||
- Take rubbish out | ||||
- Make beds | ||||
- Move furniture | ||||
- General housework | - General housework | |||
- Walk in house | ||||
Exercise/sport | - Walk briskly | - Walk | ||
- Jog | ||||
- Cycle | - Cycle | |||
- Aqua aerobics | - Aqua aerobics | - Aqua aerobics | ||
- Exercise classes (pump, pilates, yoga, 'gentle aerobics', senior fitness) | - Exercise classes (senior fitness) | |||
- Dance | ||||
- Weight training | - Weight training | |||
- Gym work | - Gym work | |||
- Golf | - Golf | - Golf | ||
- Table tennis | ||||
- Cricket | ||||
- Carry the bowls for lawn bowls | - Lawn bowls | |||
- Croquet | ||||
Other activities | - Carry grandchild | - Carry grandchild | ||
- Mind young children | ||||
- Take dog out | - Walk dog | |||
- Eat meals | ||||
- Watch television | ||||
- Read | ||||
- Use computer | ||||
- Visit friends | ||||
- Attend meeting | ||||
- Play bridge | ||||
- Study | ||||